Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tom Moore enters his sixth season with the Buccaneers in 2024 and his 46th NFL season overall.

Tom Moore enters his sixth season with the Buccaneers in 2024 and his 46th NFL season overall.

Moore instructed yet another quarterback to a Pro Bowl selection in 2023, as first-year Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield set career highs in completions (364), completion percentage (63.4%), passing yards (4,044) and passing touchdowns (28), earning the Pro Football Writers of America Most Improved Player award. Mayfield finished seventh in the NFL in passing touchdowns, tied for eighth in passing first downs (188), ninth in passing yards, 10th in completions (364) and 10th in touchdown-to-interception ratio (2.8). Mayfield joined Tom Brady (2022) as the only players in Tampa Bay's franchise history to put forth a season with 4,000+ passing yards, 25+ touchdown passes and 10-or-fewer interceptions – both seasons came under the mentorship of Moore.

During the 2023 offseason, Moore was recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame with an Award of Excellence for his contributions as an assistant coach in the league for over four decades.

Moore helped instruct quarterback Tom Brady in his final NFL season in 2022 – a season in which Brady finished third in the NFL with 4,694 passing yards, in addition to throwing 25 touchdown passes compared to just nine interceptions. In his three seasons working with Moore from 2020-22, Brady ranked second in passing yards (14,643), tied for third in passing touchdowns (108) and third in touchdown-to-interception ratio (3.27). He was one of just three quarterbacks to record 4,500+ passing yards and 25-or-more touchdowns in each of the past three seasons, joining Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert.

In 2021, Moore helped mentor Brady on his way to joining Drew Brees (2008) and Peyton Manning (2013) as the only players since 1991 to lead the league in passing yards, passing touchdowns, completions and attempts in a single season. Moore has overseen the league's passing leader four different times over the course of his NFL coaching career.

Moore has coached some of the NFL's best quarterbacks over his prolific career and 2020 was no different as Moore helped coach Brady to his NFL-record seventh Super Bowl title. Brady finished his first season in Tampa Bay ranked second in the league in completions (401), tied for second in touchdown passes (40), third in passing yards (4,633), sixth in passing touchdown percentage (6.6) and seventh in touchdown-to- interception ratio (3.33). Brady's 40 passing touchdowns set a new franchise record and were the most by a player in his first season with a team in NFL history. The Buccaneers ranked third in the NFL in points scored per game (30.8), fourth in passing yards per game (298.5) and seventh in total offense (384.1).

In his first season in Tampa Bay, Moore worked with a Buccaneers offense that led the league in passing yards and ranked third in total offense. Quarterback Jameis Winston threw for 5,109 yards in 2019, marking the third time a quarterback had led the league in passing yards under Moore's guidance.

Moore's coaching career dates to 1961 when he accepted his first coaching position at his alma mater, the University of Iowa. Following 13 seasons at the collegiate level and one year in the World Football League, Moore made the jump to the NFL as a wide receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1977. Over his 39 seasons in the NFL, his teams have earned 24 postseason appearances, 15 division titles and five Super Bowl appearances (four wins). He has coached a multitude of Hall of Fame players including Peyton Manning, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Barry Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Randall McDaniel, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison and Edgerrin James. Moore has coached alongside three Super Bowl-winning head coaches – Chuck Noll, Mike Ditka, and Tony Dungy – all of whom are enshrined in Canton.

Moore also spent 13 seasons coaching NFL legend Peyton Manning from 1998-2010, during which Manning posted franchise records with 54,828 passing yards, 399 touchdowns, and 4,682 completions. Additionally, Manning won four of his five NFL MVP Awards (2003-04, 2008-09) under Moore's tutelage.

After earning All-American honors as a quarterback at Rochester (Minn.) High School, Moore played at Iowa (1957-60), winning a Rose Bowl and Big 10 title in 1958, and earning a share of another conference title in 1960. He earned a bachelor's degree in history at Iowa and a master's degree in guidance counseling at Dayton. In 2005, Moore was inducted into the Rochester, Minnesota, Sports Hall of Fame and in 2014, he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (Western Chapter) in recognition for his 13 seasons as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2015, Moore was honored with the Pro Football Writers of America Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman Award for lifetime achievement as assistant coach in the NFL.

Moore and his wife, Emily, have two children, daughter, Terry, and son, Dan.